§ 34-B §15001 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Blended funding; pooled funding; flexible funding.
"Blended funding" means funding from all sources from the budgets and funds of the departments that are combined to be used for the provision of care and services under this chapter. "Pooled funding" and "flexible funding" have the same meaning as "blended funding".
2.
Care.
"Care" means treatment, services and care for mental health needs, including but not limited to crisis intervention services, outpatient services, respite services, utilization management, acute care, chronic care, residential care, home-based care and hospitalization services.
3.
Child.
"Child" means a person from birth to 20 years of age who needs care for one of the following reasons:
4.
Committee.
5.
Department.
"Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.
6.
Departments.
"Departments" means the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services.
7.
Family.
"Family" means the child's family and includes, as applicable to the child, the child's parents, legal guardian and guardian ad litem.
8.
Other departments.
"Other departments" means the Department of Corrections and the Department of Education.
9.
Program.
"Program" means the Children's Mental Health Program established in section 15002.
10.
Treatment.
"Treatment" means the same as "care," as defined in subsection 2, for the purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

PL 1997, c. 790, §A1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 790, §A3 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 354, §3 (AMD). RR 2003, c. 2, §§108,109 (COR). PL 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. DDD, §§1, 2 (AMD).